Elon Musk has already warned us of it..and for all (as I haVe said before when I have visited) Hope all check out the new version of Battlestar Gallatica....if we're not careful and not manage it right, we will have a profound challenge.

@Commisio44354 Humanoid robots scare me. How will we know whether we are dealing with a real person are an "actroid," as in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2017kmkEukE I believe they are already among us.

Thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts--it is a "catch phrase" no doubt--but I would note that the technology is evolving in a way that yes entails many of the functions being done now--Maybe we can start a trend and call it "Humaoid Intelligence" as exemplifed by what the news agency in China did with its' AI Anchor.

@Commisio44354 I guess you are referring to my statement about the term "artificial intelligence" being "nebulous." My thinking is that the term does not translate to a meaning that is an exact defininition. Call it Computer Intelligence or Machine Intelligence. If computers can be trained to think, feel, do the things that humans traditionally did, then I don't see it as Artifical anymore. If they can complete tasks we do, it's kind of real to me.

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